The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4401

One of the more interesting design traits of the new Instrument of Doom cannon was that Ves focused on increasing its inherent firepower as much as possible.

By making sure that the luminar crystal cannon already started off with unreasonably high single-shot attack power from the beginning, Ves could help it attain ridiculous damage results by applying multiple forms of amplification!

For example, if a weapon like the Instrument of Vengeance rifle possessed a base damage index of 100, Venerable Stark might be able to increase that figure to 400 or something after resonating with the weapon.

This was the limit that she could achieve with her resonance strength and other factors.

One of the design choices that Ves sometimes regretted was that the Instrument of Vengeance did not come with any further amplification mechanisms.

Many ranged expert mechs were usually capable of boosting the firepower of their weapons by making use of the right resonating exotics.

Instead of trying to increase the damage potential of the Instrument of Vengeance further, the Larkinsons had instead opted to emphasize its ability to target weak points by integrating it with Opticonium.

This was the resonating alloy that enabled the Amaranto to bend and curve its energy beams.

While Venerable Stark had definitely managed to play a crucial role with the help of this unusual ability, it was still regrettable that the Amaranto had no further means to overcome tougher resistance.

The only exception was to take the advantage of the fact that the Instrument of Vengeance was a masterwork were Ves was able to connect to it and amplify its next shot with the power of Worclaw energy.

Considering that Ves and Blinky had to rely on their own efforts to generate more Worclaw energy and replenish what they had lost, this was a trump card that could only be used once every few months!

In any case, the Amaranto mostly had to make do with topping its damage index to 400 or maybe higher at times if Venerable Stark exceeded her limits.

This might already sound impressive, but these were fairly typical results for expert mechs at this level.

What Ves sought to accomplish with the new Instrument of Doom was to use this second chance to implement a different design direction!

As the Amaranto fired several more shots after tapping some of the potential of the Instrument of Doom, Ves already formed an estimate of its damage indexes.

The base damage index relative to the Instrument of Vengeance was easy to calculate in advance due to the lack of any metaphysical shenanigans.

"A full-powered laser beam attack from the Instrument of Doom should already have a damage index of around 300."

This might not sound like much given the enormous differences between the luminar crystal rifle and the luminar crystal cannon, but Ves had already done his best to cope with the law of diminishing returns.

"Venerable Stark is not yet familiar with the Instrument of Doom, so her ability to resonate with it in the beginning is not as good. The weapon also has a lot more volume which further reduces the effectiveness of true resonance. It is already fairly good that resonating with the cannon can allow it to reach a damage index of around 800 to 900."

This might not sound as extreme as Ves was hoping for, but he was sure that Venerable Stark would be able to increase the damage potential of the Instrument of Doom over time!

Once she became intimately familiar with her new weapon, Ves wouldn't be surprised if the Amaranto could reach a damage index of 1200.

This was already at least three times as powerful as the damage that the Amaranto was previously able to inflict!

"It will get even better over time as Venerable Stark's resonance strength is constantly getting better."

Resonance strength was a measure of an expert pilot's extraordinary capacity to distort reality. The higher the number, the more ridiculous the expert pilot could impose his or her own rules in the material realm!

Once Venerable Stark became a high-tier expert pilot, Ves wouldn't be surprised if she could reach a damage index of 1500 or higher!

Compared to the repeatable damage output that she was able to produce in the past, the difference was enormous!

This example clearly illustrated why high-tier expert pilots could crush their weaker counterparts in battle. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

Their exceptionally strong willpower not only allowed them to amplify the performance of their weapons to an absurd degree, but also enabled them to do the same for their resonance shields, their armor systems, their flight systems and more!

Of course, Ves had to remind himself that blindly chasing after multipliers was not the only way to increase the performance of a mech.

A more convenient way to increase the indexes was to increase the base performance of a weapon or mech.

This was why Larkinson expert mechs such as the Riot and the First Sword were barely capable of competing against the Shockshell!

Their Unending alloy and other expensive parts and tech significantly strengthened their technical performance! This allowed them to get away with lower amplification factors, though only to an extent.

In any case, the testing session was far from done.

After collecting enough data on how much stronger the new cannon had become after Venerable Stark resonated with it in a more general manner, she finally got to try out a feature that was absent from her old luminar crystal rifle.

"The next tests will be a lot more exciting for us all. I don't want you to resonate with the cannon on a normal basis this time. Instead, I need to resonate specifically with the resonating exotic contained within the weapon. Can you sense it, Davia?"

"I can." The expert pilot replied. "It is already calling out to me. It is impossible to ignore its presence."

Ves smiled. "That is an indication that you possess a remarkably high compatibility with Urthan Silver. Have you read the briefing on this resonating exotic?"

"I do. It is a naturally occurring resonating material that is fairly common in both the Milky Way and the Red Ocean. It is not particularly rare or valuable, and its effect isn't the strongest. Many expert pilots can easily get along with Urthan Silver. The sole job of this resonating exotic in an expert mech is to amplify the damage inflicted by an energy attack by 80 to 200 percent depending on the resonance strength of the expert pilot."

This was actually a fairly mediocre effect. There were other resonating exotics that could achieve better results.

The primary reasons why the Larkinsons settled for Urthan Silver was because it was easily available and because it was highly compatible with Venerable Stark.

Compatibility was extremely important. Expert pilots were rarely capable of drawing out the full potential of most resonating materials.

However, if they were capable of doing so, then even average resonating materials would be able to produce fantastic results on the battlefield!

As the Instrument of Doom began to light up even brighter than before, Ves could sense the horrible power accumulating within the weapon by observing the live feed.

His intuition warned him that the regular firepower of the Instrument of Doom had greatly exceeded the regular firepower of the Instrument of Vengeance!

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